A train laden with coal and other commodities rolls through downtown Davenport past the Lindsay Park Yacht Club and the East Village of Davenport. Davenport has always been a river town, and many of the city’s biggest industries were initially founded on the waterfront. To this day, large factories like Kraft, ALCOA (moved to Davenport in 1946), Builders Sand & Cement (founded in Davenport in 1853), and others line the riverfront. Thus, trains like the one pictured above regularly move up and down the riverbank (as barges move up and down the river) supplying these industries with the raw materials they need.

Photo Taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D and a Sigma70-300mm Lens on February 2, 2008, in Davenport, Iowa.